A microcosmic era, like every era.

Today's Tids Issue 4.520

Sensitivity:

There is something special,

As I sail though life’s waters.

Of what a father’s heart feels

When thinking of his daughters.

It appears that more academics then you could imagine spending their government grants trying to determine what’s a vegetable, fruit or grain. The latest from those heroic, painstaking quandaries is that Corn is a fruit, or perhaps a grain. I mean, why should any body care. If I like it I eat it.

In a recent TV interview, an old guy who had lived through wars was asked how he thought he managed to live to 95-years-old. He smiled a bit and said, I guess I didn’t get those messages about what I shouldn’t do, eat or drink that were bad for me. I just lived.

The combination of innumerable choices you have made in your life have brought you to this exact point, reading this exact sentence.

Is should be commenting on the Impeachment thing more. But, I’d rather hear what the live people have to say rather than opining on leaked, or partial bits of testimony. Apparently, the President doesn’t like the Repub strategy that basically says what he did was inappropriate but not impeachable. He says as you have heard quite a bit, that everything he did was perfect. My guess is that he will be impeached because this is a political process. So, with all of the hullabaloo, and cable stations licking their chops over potential huge ratings, it really all comes down to whether or not the Senate can find 67 members who will vote against Trump.

But, here is an interesting angle. The conviction vote is 2/3rd’s of senators who are present. That could lead to some funny stuff, depending on which Senators are facing what in their own reelection process.

Bolivia is just the latest country to fall into chaos as the result  of interruptive governed coups.

The Question:

Name five of Neil Young’s songs. Bonus: How many Atomic Bombs do you think the USA exploded on or over the Marshall Islands between 1946 and 1958?

The Headlines:

--Markets Wondering As Opinions About Trade Wander.

--SC Hearing DACA Case; Decision To Be Made in Spring.

--Winter Storm And Bitter Cold Reaches Into Deep South; East To be Hit Today.

--Jimmy Carter Hospitalized; Brain Surgery Set for Today.

--As DC Gears Up For Big Show, More Witnesses Support Quid Pro Quo Accusations.

--Leaderless Bolivia Sinks Into Chaos As Eva Morales Skedaddles To Asylum In Mexico.

Therapist: Your wife says you never buy her flowers.

Husband: To be honest, I never knew she sold flowers.

I think I’m intrigued about the soon to be released new movie, The Good Liar starring Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen.

On the other hand, Disney just released a peek into the possibilities for entertainment they will bring forth in their new streaming venture. I saw little that had me excited. Steaming is hot and trendy, but just because they can do it. doesn’t mean that what they will deliver will be actually worth watching. Too many of these new “entertainment” ventures are more the blathering excess of some director’s ego.

As you watch some of this new so-called entertainment (I can’t tell you how many I escape from after one or three episodes), you clearly see that there are just no more civilized restrictions on what you can see and hear. It’s a wonder that more libertarians are not more popular in political races.

CBS hits their profit number but revenue lagged significantly. Tis is no surprise as consumer entertainment interests shift towards new perthites. Despite pushing what H-Wood thinks are block buster films, theater attendance is way down this year. If we haven’t learned by now, we will be experiencing significant ongoing change at rapidly increasing rates in the years to come. Just think. The first humans appeared in earth 200,000 years ago. And by 1055 AD when the battle of Hastings signified an historic turning point, we look back at what seemed to be pretty archaic times. Conjure up a time condensation chart in your mind and consider how quickly good stuff become obsolete today compared to the plodding progress of the past 200K years. In other words get ready for lots you cna;t even imagine, which you can’t even compute today.

There has been a lot written about concussions lately. And moms are increasingly fearful that a bump on the head is going to hinder to little Johnny or Susie for the rest of their lives; that by the time they are fifty, they will be incoherent. But science says that concussions do not bring on early dementia. It’s like everything else, it’s about genes. Or whatever makes up a body. Some people do well and some don’t

I have been knocked out cold several times during my younger days of rugged sports and boyhood prankery, and my fingers still almost always hit the right keys. Not that I am an good example of anything.

The Answer:

“Heart of Gold” is one that always comes to mind. Others are, “Old Man”, “Harvest Moon”, “Southern Cross”, “Hey Hey, My My”, :”The Needle and the Damage Done”, “Tangled Up Blues” and “For what it’s Worth”.  Bonus: 67 Nukes were exploded on or above these romantic Pacific sandy islands.  The US cleaned up all the very radioactive dirt around tehri and added a130 tons of soil from test sires in Nevada. We dumped everything under a giant dome, now called “The Tomb”. But, it appears that rising tides and age are threatening the collapse and the release of devasting, deathly material on a nation of calming islands.

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